Competitions, raffles, give-aways... sure the prizes look great, but don't they always turn out a bit crap should you happen to win them?

The last raffle I bought tickets for, they'd just given away the all-expenses paid weekend in New York when my number came up. Rushing up to find out what I'd won, I was a little disappointed to be handed a box of "Biscuits for Cheese". Especially as they were busy serving the cheese course (complete with biscuits) as they drew the raffle.

Spelling competition at school
Let me regress you,I'm 14 years old going to my nice Secondary school in Wigan.There is a spelling competition in my english class, now I'm a good speller so I give it a crack. First prize was any vhs video of your choice (this was the days before DVD).I did well in the competition but came a cropper in the 4th round.The girl who won it was ecstatic as the head of English came to ask what video she would like.She said "Grease". Fair choice I spose.Two days later the head of English comes into our class to award her prize.She hands over a blank video and tells her Grease is on tv this week so she'll be able to tape it on this and gives her a one pound coin as a bonus!